Release
date: May 01st 2017. Label: When Planets Collide. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
SKULLOSSUS – Tracklisting
1.Welcome to the
Shit Show 01:15
2.Gimme the Night,
Any Day 06:04
3.Battlepants 04:14
4.Double Barrelled
Shot-pun 03:19
5.The Crotch Wobbler
05:25
6.Existence is Pain
01:46
7.Broken Heart
Heroin Man 01:22
8.Meowing at the
Fridge 04:01
9.Jon Garseeya Later
04:41
10.The Ballad of Tom
Stones and Reg Montagne (Part 1) 05:24
11.The Ballad of Tom
Stones and Reg Montagne (Part 2) 02:15
Members
Gareth Kelly -
Growth - Mouth.
Rich Williams -
Sedulurt - Riffmonster.
Dave Blakemore -
Spice - Bassmaster.
Bill Jacobs - The
Scorpion - Bashing.
Review
UK Sludge/Doom
Metallers GURT released their latest album SKULLOSSUS last year. I
missed it first time round and I apologize to the band not reviewing
their album when it came out originally.
SKULLOSSUS is perhaps
darker than their previous album. The vocals from Gareth are perhaps
slightly more menacing and the riffs can be very progressive at
times. It's still good to see GURT's dark sense of humour living on
through their song titles and some of the lyrics contained on the
album.
The album has quite a
heavy NOLA Sludge presence especially on songs such as: “Gimme The
Night, Any Day”, Battlepants, The Crotch Wobbler, Meowing At The
Fridge and the sublime two part epic – The Ballad of Tom Stones and
Reg Montagne.
I admire GURT's drive
and tenacity on creating a heavier style of Doom/Sludge Metal that
goes against their earlier “Party-Doom” releases. Underneath the
crazy song titles, GURT have unleashed a nightmarish style of
Doom/Sludge sounds with some nasty riffs waiting to be discovered.
The instrumental work is very precise with the band playing different
styles of Sludge/Doom Metal throughout the album.
The production is very
good indeed as GURT sound like they mean business here. It can be
quite theatrical at times but the album has it's fair share of
depressing sounding moments as well. GURT always try to bridge the gap
between dark humour and playing a more realistic sound compared to
other bands within the UK Doom/Sludge Metal scene.
SKULLOSSUS even sees
GURT venture into DIY PUNK style riffs on certain parts of the album.
I will admit I wasn't expecting to enjoy this album at all. I don't
know why as I've always enjoyed GURT's music. And boy was I wrong. As
SKULLOSSUS works on so many different levels. Though the main one for
me is that this album will ENTERTAIN THE SHEER FUCKING HELL OUT OF
YOU!!!
This album won't be for
everyone. However if you're a fan of bands such as Weedeater and
Dopethrone then GURT will be the band for you to party into the night and piss-off your neighbours with.
Excellent and Highly
Recommended.
Words
by Steve Howe
